Poseidon was the god of horses along with the ocean. There is little fact as in why but some think he tried to make the animal to impress his sister Demeter.
Poseidon owned a trident given to him by Cyclopes. He rescued the Cyclopes from Tartarus.
Fact 1:Poseidon was the god of earthquakes and horses along with the sea. Some scollars beleive that he might have gotten the earth in the lots but desided to have the sea and the earthquake might have been left for him Fact 2: Poseidon was greedy and vengeful, like his brother Zeus.They both flaunt their power over their domain and women and have had many children because of it. Poseidons symbol was a trident. It was given to him for freeing 3 cyclopes from Tartarus. The only reason they let them out is so that they could win the war against the elder gods. Fact 3:Poseidon was the father of the man Orion. Orion was a hunter that had many adventures. There are two variants of his death. One in where he was swimming and Apollo challenges his sister Artemis, who was falling in love with Orion, to hit the black spot in the ocean and the black spot was Orion’s head. The other is where he tried to defeat the monster Scorpio but was stung and killed by it. Either way, Orion got the gift of ascending to the heavens.
Fact 4:Since he was the god of horses, sailors would often sacrifice horses by drowning them in the ocean asking for safe travels. Even Alexander the great drowned a 4-horse chariot for safety as he traveled. Fact 5: He competed with Athena to be the ruling god of Athens. He lost so he flooded the city for 3 days until he was noted as the second most important god of Athens. Fact 6: Poseidon had a grudge on Odysseus for 2 reasons: 1, Odysseus did not give a sacrifice to Poseidon for not being discovered in the Trojan horse; 2, Odysseus blinded his son Polyphemus.
Fact 7:He was second only to Zeus. When they drew lots to see where they would rule, Poseidon got the middle-sized lot so he got control of the Oceans and seas. Fact 8: He was full of pride. Poseidon would get sacrifices for safe travels and he felt needed because of it. He would also be angry with the people who disrespected him and would use his power of the oceans and earthquakes to get his revenge. Fact 9: Poseidon assisted the Greeks with the Trojan War, even when his brother Zeus said not to help them. There are 3 accounts for this. 1: He rallied the troops when they would not put pressure on the town; 2: Poseidon gave the Greeks safe Travels through the oceans; 3: Poseidon hid the troops in the Trojan horse form discovery so their plan would work. Fact 10:Poseidon would usually stay in his watery domain rather than Mt Olympus. It gave him first person control instead of viewing events from the sky.
Fact 10:Poseidon would usually in his watery domain rather than Mt Olympus. It gave him first person control instead of viewing events from the sky.
I chose the glitter text colors because Poseidon is the god of the ocean. I chose the pictures because they are symbols of Poseidon. I chose the color of the Top Ten facts to show what the water looks like the deeper you go. Work cited: Wikipedia Google images Mythweb
David Eimers Poseidon Dramatic Writing.
Fact 2: Poseidon was greedy and vengeful, like his brother Zeus.They both flaunt their power over their domain and women and have had many children because of it. Poseidons symbol was a trident. It was given to him for freeing 3 cyclopes from Tartarus. The only reason they let them out is so that they could win the war against the elder gods.
Fact 3:Poseidon was the father of the man Orion. Orion was a hunter that had many adventures. There are two variants of his death. One in where he was swimming and Apollo challenges his sister Artemis, who was falling in love with Orion, to hit the black spot in the ocean and the black spot was Orion’s head. The other is where he tried to defeat the monster Scorpio but was stung and killed by it. Either way, Orion got the gift of ascending to the heavens.
Fact 4:Since he was the god of horses, sailors would often sacrifice horses by drowning them in the ocean asking for safe travels. Even Alexander the great drowned a 4-horse chariot for safety as he traveled.
Fact 5: He competed with Athena to be the ruling god of Athens. He lost so he flooded the city for 3 days until he was noted as the second most important god of Athens.
Fact 6: Poseidon had a grudge on Odysseus for 2 reasons: 1, Odysseus did not give a sacrifice to Poseidon for not being discovered in the Trojan horse; 2, Odysseus blinded his son Polyphemus.
Fact 7:He was second only to Zeus. When they drew lots to see where they would rule, Poseidon got the middle-sized lot so he got control of the Oceans and seas.
Fact 8: He was full of pride. Poseidon would get sacrifices for safe travels and he felt needed because of it. He would also be angry with the people who disrespected him and would use his power of the oceans and earthquakes to get his revenge.
Fact 9: Poseidon assisted the Greeks with the Trojan War, even when his brother Zeus said not to help them. There are 3 accounts for this. 1: He rallied the troops when they would not put pressure on the town; 2: Poseidon gave the Greeks safe Travels through the oceans; 3: Poseidon hid the troops in the Trojan horse form discovery so their plan would work.
Fact 10:Poseidon would usually stay in his watery domain rather than Mt Olympus. It gave him first person control instead of viewing events from the sky.
I chose the glitter text colors because Poseidon is the god of the ocean. I chose the pictures because they are symbols of Poseidon. I chose the color of the Top Ten facts to show what the water looks like the deeper you go.
Work cited:
Wikipedia
Google images
Mythweb